The first two coaching dismissals after the NFL season came quickly. Less than 24 hours after their teams concluded losing campaigns, the Cardinals canned Green and the Falcons fired Mora. Both were in their third years on the job.

“In the final analysis, when you look at the three years of wins and losses, we didn’t win enough games,” said Cardinals vice president and general counsel Michael Bidwill, son of owner Bill Bidwill.

Green went 16-32 for the Cardinals, who will pay him the $2.5 million remaining on his four-year contract.

Mora was hired by Atlanta in 2004. The Falcons went to the conference title game that season, losing at Philadelphia, but then were 8-8 and 7-9.

Tide-Saban update

Alabama renewed its courtship of Dolphins coach Nick Saban on Monday, and he declined to say whether he’ll remain with Miami.

“I’ve got a rule that I’m not talking about any of that stuff,” Saban said at a day-after-the-season news conference.

For weeks Saban has denied interest in the Alabama job, which became vacant when Mike Shula was fired Nov. 27. Newspaper reports that Alabama is again trying to lure him away from the Dolphins prompted another round of questions.

The Birmingham News reported on its Web site Monday that Alabama athletic director Mal Moore left Tuscaloosa on a plane Monday headed for a Miami-area airport. The News and other newspapers reported that Alabama was prepared to offer Saban a seven-year deal that would make him college football’s highest-paid coach.

When asked if there’s an Alabama offer on the table, Saban said, “I have not talked to anyone.” When asked if he’s scheduled to meet with school officials this week, he said, “I don’t know about that.”

Saban has three years remaining on a five-year, $25 million contract with Miami.

Taylor, 27, refused an officer’s request that he get into a waiting limousine-bus as police tried to disperse a large, unruly crowd so an ambulance could get through around 2:30 a.m., police spokesman Lt. Amelia Huffman said. Taylor was not allowing the bus to leave and began pushing the officer and the officer eventually used a Taser to subdue Taylor, she said.

Taylor was booked into the Hennepin County Jail on allegations of fifth-degree assault, disorderly conduct and interfering with pedestrian or vehicular traffic, all misdemeanors. He posted $50 bail and was released around 4:40 a.m.

“It was just a misunderstanding and an unfortunate situation,” Taylor said Monday after a season-ending team meeting. “I was just in a limo and got pulled out. We’ll discuss that later and we’ll deal with the situation.”

Field goals

Following his best season, Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor said retirement is a possibility. He is a contender for NFL defensive player of the year.

Carolina Panthers middle linebacker Dan Morgan said he’s been cleared to return to football next season despite multiple concussions.